Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1961

State of Kuwait · Civil Matters — Volume 10 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

The criterion in interpreting contracts is to ascertain the common intention of the contracting parties, inferred from the facts of the contract, its nature, the circumstances of its conclusion, and the good faith and honorable dealing that should prevail between the contracting parties. Its condition. Not departing from what the terms of the contract can bear or distorting their true meaning. Example.
Arabic original
المناط في تفسير العقود هو تقصي النية المشتركة للعاقدين مستخلصة من وقائع العقد وطبيعة وظروف إبرامه وما ينبغي أن يتوافر بين المتعاقدين من حسن نية وشرف التعامل. شرطه. عدم الخروج عما تحتمله عبارات العقد أو تشويه لحقيقة معناها. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢١٤/٩٣ تجاري جلسة ٢١/٣/١٩٩٥ مج القسم الثالث - المجلد الثالث ص ٢٤٠)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 370. PDF pages: 370.

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